Archival Photo Restoration

Marie Gardiner

Marie GardinerNov 13, 2015

FREELessons: 14Length: 1.5 hours

Restoration Retouching Digital Asset Management Photography Adobe Photoshop

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Archival Photo Restoration

Introduction

01:58

Restoration is much more than just repairing a damaged image. In this course you'll learn the essentials of bringing life back to an old photograph. You'll learn practical restoration skills: how to repair and restore, fix colours and colourise, and how to properly store and share your images. You'll also learn to consider the "why" behind any restoration, how to handle and treat old photos safely, and how to tag and file pictures for an archive. Two high-resolution, un-retouched images are supplied with this course so you can follow along.

1.Introduction
2 lessons, 06:09

1.1
Introduction
01:58

1.2
Why Do We Restore?
04:11

2.Archival Images
4 lessons, 15:27

2.1
Historical Context, Contemporary Concerns
04:39

2.2
Handling Archival Documents
04:45

2.3
Digitise Your Photos
01:41

2.4
Metadata
04:22

3.Repair and Restore
4 lessons, 35:51

3.1
Repair Joins and Rips
11:14

3.2
Tidy Up
09:56

3.3
Restore Detail
07:17

3.4
Fix Colour
07:24

4.Add Colour
2 lessons, 26:15

4.1
Select and Colour
10:45

4.2
Skin, Hair, Eyes and Clothes
15:30

5.Conclusion
2 lessons, 07:00

5.1
Save and Share
02:45

5.2
Workflow Review
04:15

Marie Gardiner

Marie Gardiner is a writer and photographer from the North East of England. After gaining her degree in Film and Media, Marie worked in the media industry, before leaving to set up the business she runs with her partner: Lonely Tower Film & Media. As well as writing about visual practices like photography and video, Marie is also the author of Sunderland Industrial Giant (The History Press, 2017), Secret Sunderland (Amberley Publishing 2019), and Celebrating Sunderland (Amberley Publishing 2023). Her photographic work focuses on landscapes and industrial ruins, particularly those of the North Pennines as she continues to work on her long-form documentary project Changing Landscapes.